Leadership | Girum

Editorial Activities

Associate Editor: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Multidisciplinary Journal of Civil Engineering
Associate Editor: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Practice Periodical in Structural Design and Construction.
Review Editor: Frontiers in Built Environment Computational Methods in Structural Engineering.

Organizing Committee: Global Summit on Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Barcelona, Spain, 2021.
Advisory Committee: The 6th International Conference on Protective Structures, Auburn, AL, 2020.
Scientific Committee: The 7th International Conference of Euro-Asia Civil Engineering Forum, Stuttgart, Germany, 2019.
Session Chair: Session 5: The 6th International Conference on Civil and Urban Engineering, Leuven, Belgium, 2019.
Scientific Committee: The 5th International Conference on Protective Structures, Poznan, Poland, 2018.
Conference Co-Chair: The 16th International Congress on Polymers in Concrete, Washington, D.C., 2018.
Technical Committee: The 9th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference: Resilient Structures and Sustainable Construction, Valencia, Spain, 2017.
Student Activities Subcommittee: The Fall American Concrete Institute Convention, Washington, D.C., 2014.
Session Chair: Dynamic Impact and Earthquake Engineering, The 5th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2009.

ASCE - Committee on Education-Constituent Committee on Accreditation (corresponding member), current.
ASCE/SEI - DEI Committee, current.
ASCE/SEI - Blast, Shock, and Impact, current.
ASCE/SEI - Retrofit of Structures under Dynamic Loads, current.
ACI 370 - Blast and Impact Load Effects, Voting member, 2010-2016; and Associate member, 2007-2010.
TRB AFF 40 - Field Testing and Non-destructive Evaluation of Transportation Structures, 2010-2016.

External to GMU: Civil Engineering Program Evaluator for ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology), current
GMU: Co-Chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Science Academic Program Peer Review Committee, 2018-2019.
GMU: Co-Chair of the School of Integrative Studies Academic Program Peer Review Committee, 2017-2018.
GMU: Chair of the Sociology and Anthropology Department Academic Program Peer Review Committee, 2016-2017.
GMU: Member of the Psychology Department Academic Program Peer Review Committee, 2016-2017.

Small Capital Projects Selection Committee, 2022-2023.
Presidential Awards Committee, 2022-2023.
GMU Presidential Search Committee, 2019-2020.
University Standing Committee on Faculty Handbook Revision, 2018-2021.
University Working Group on Faculty Standards of Conduct, 2019-2021.
GMU Faculty Senator, 2016-2019.
GMU Faculty Senate Executive Committee, 2017-2019.
Chair of Faculty Matters GMU Senate Standing Committee, 2018-2019; Co-chair, 2017-2018.
Term Faculty Task Force, 2017-2019.
Building Committee for the Selection of A/E Services for Bull Run Hall Building Addition and Backfill Renovations, 2019-2020.

Volgenau School of Engineering Divisional Dean Search Committee, current.
Cybersecurity Engineering Faculty Search Committee, 2020-2021.
2nd Level Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2014-2019.
Mechanical Engineering Faculty Search Committee, 2020-2021 and 2017-2018.
Chair of the Search Committee for VSE Director of Graduate Student Academic Affairs, 2014-2015.
Graduate Studies Committee, 2012-2014.
Computing Committee, 2009-2012.
Academic Appeals Committee, 2009-2010.
Graduate Student Enrollment Planning Self-study Committee, 2008.

CEIE 1st Level Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2014-current.
CEIE Undergraduate Committee, 2017-current.
Chair of CEIE Faculty Search Committee for Tenure-track Positions (2021-2022 and 2016-2017) and a Non-tenure Track Position (2017-2018).
Founding Faculty Advisor of the GMU Chapter of Chi Epsilon, 2010-2016.
Graduate Program Director, 2012-2014.
Principal Author of the CEIE 7-year Academic Program Review, 2013-2014.
Member of CEIE Faculty Search Committee: (2012-2013), (2010-2011) and (2009-2010).